University of Reading students from Wantage Hall and children from Caversham Park Pre-school also took part along with a number of businesses helping out including management consultancy ORH, Solo Mailing Services and RESCUE sponsors Thames Water.

Caversham Globe found 11 tyres while clearing a bridleway in The Warren before joining Caversham Park Village Association to tackle green spaces around Farnham Drive and Northbrook Road.

Richard Denney, chairman of Caversham Globe, said: “Two years ago we found 32 tyres down there and unfortunately it seems to have become a spot for fly-tipping.

“This time we found 80 bricks and half bricks, some tarmac that had been dumped and two bed springs which looked like thy had been there a few years, and in Caversham Park Village the following day we found 50 dumped Littlewoods catalogues which someone had obviously had been paid to deliver.

“It’s a great thing the council organises but more people need to get involved with it.”